Presenting: LA Premiere of AMIGO

***IMPORTANT AMIGO TICKET UPDATE***

**We're now just four days away from this Saturday's United States Premiere of John Sayles' groundbreaking new film, AMIGO. A good number of folks had expressed disappointment at finding tickets sold out for the screening. Well, we've just received some good news from AFI Fest. Beginning 10 a.m.(PST) Wednesday, Nov. 3, additional FREE tickets will become available again online at afi.com/afifest. As before, these are limited supply and first come, first served. If you aren't able to get tickets through the site, the only other option will be rush line on the evening of.

Join FilAm ARTS as we watch history on screen and make history all at once: This will be first time ever that a Filipino film has played at the legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Be there and be a part of it all.

How to get your AMIGO Premiere Tickets:

**Tickets are FREE and available strictly on first-come, first-served basis to the general public and can be ordered via AFI box office online at

www.AFI.com/AFIFEST, via telephone at 1 888 AFI FEST or onsite at the festival box office at Hollywood and Highland in Hollywood. This year, festival-goers will have access to a limited number of last-minute tickets at AFI.com/AFIFEST the day before the screening or at the festival box office the day of the screening. Rush lines will form 1 hour before the scheduled screening time. But to avoid being sold out, we strongly suggest you reserve your tix as early as possible. 

**For updated details, please continue to visit FilAmArts.org or the film festival official site at http://www.afi.com/afifest/tickets.**

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AFI Fest 2010 by Audi
with
FilAm ARTS 
(The Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts and Culture)
proudly presents

 The Los Angeles Premiere of: 

AMIGO
A film by John Sayles

Saturday, Nov. 6
9:45 p.m.
Historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood 90028

FilAm ARTS is proud once again to have been asked by AFI Fest, one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, to act as Community Presenters. This time around, we'll be presenting the Los Angeles Premiere of acclaimed director John Sayles' AMIGO, his groundbreaking, independent film set amidst the Philippine-American War at the turn of the Century. Writer/Director Sayles ("Baby It's You," "Matewan," "Men With Guns," "Passion Fish") has assembled a stellar cast including Oscar winner Chris Cooper ("The Town," "Breach," "Adaptation," "American Beauty"), Garret Dillahunt ("No Country For Old Men," "The Road," "Raising Hope"), DJ Qualls ("Hustle & Flow," "I'm Reed Fish," "My Name Is Earl") and a foursome of the most respected and talented actors from The Philippines: Joel Torre, Ronnie Lazaro, Rio Locsin and Bembol Roco.

Synopsis:
John Sayles once again gives us a beautiful character-driven film, this time against the backdrop of the turn-of-the-century Philippine-American War. The able cast is led by Oscar winner Chris Cooper as the American colonel, Garret Dillahunt as the earnest lieutenant and Joel Torre as village leader Rafael. Imbued with the subtle dignity that makes Sayles’ films so engaging, Rafael is the moral compass around whom the film revolves. In a war that is in many ways similar to the one we are fighting now, Rafael faces the unwelcome challenge of how to keep his people together under occupation. Ultimately he decides that cooperation with the Americans is the best way to protect the village welfare, but his compliance is considered betrayal by his brother who is a leader of the rebel fighters. Refusing to judge any of its characters, the film explores how in war all sides make compromises and no one’s innocence remains intact.